Angharad James (poet)

Angharad James (16 July 1677 – 25 August 1749) was a Welsh farmer, harpist and poet.

When still a young woman, she married William Prichard, a man far older than herself, who farmed Cwm Penamnen, a valley to the south of Dolwyddelan.

[2] She lived in Parlwr, or Tai Penamnen, a house which had earlier been a home to the Wynn family of Gwydir,[3][4] for the remainder of her life.

[6] She was a skilled harpist who commanded her workers to dance to her playing as they returned from the milking.

[1] They include an elegy to her son, who had died when 16, and another to her husband, in the form of an imaginary dialogue.